EL NINO
Dictionary entry overview: What does El Nino mean?
• EL NINO (noun)
The noun EL NINO has 2 senses:
1. (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
2. the Christ child
Familiarity information: EL NINO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EL NINO (noun)
Meaning:
(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("El Nino" is a kind of...):
ocean current (the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction)
Domain category:
oceanography; oceanology (the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "El Nino"):
El Nino southern oscillation (a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns)
Meaning:
The Christ child
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Christ; Deliverer; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Jesus Christ; Jesus of Nazareth; Redeemer; Savior; Saviour; the Nazarene (a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29))
Domain category:
Spanish (the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain)
